Umno must find its groove again — and this time make it count

Some years ago, in this very column, I wrote that Umno needed to get its groove back. That observation was not made casually. It came from watching, at close range, how a party that once anchored the nation had gradually lost its rhythm, its confidence and its sense of direction.

Today, after the formal return of several of its former heavyweights under the Rumah Bangsa initiative, that question is no longer whether Umno wants to recover. It is whether the party can turn this opening into a real political renewal.